The arts teach. Not just how to sing and draw, but how to read and write. How to think creatively in areas like math and science. How to be independent and collaborative. How to make connections between seemingly unrelated topics. And how to see a project through to the end.

Young Audiences offers educators a powerful and effective tool -- the arts -- to help children learn and excel. Here are some examples of successful programs from the Young Audiences network.

Our success stories prove that there is an art to learning.

"Schools that consider the arts to be a basic part of education are more vibrant and engaging. The positive impact of the arts on a school environment is obvious to me and reinforces my commitment to strengthening art in education programs. Often the arts link schools to the resources and people in the larger community."

---Richard W. Riley, Secretary of Education

"The arts are a major area of human cognition, one of the ways in which we know about the world and express our knowledge. Much of what is said in the arts cannot be said in another way. To withhold artistic means of understanding is as much of a malpractice as to withhold mathematics."

---Howard Gardner, Harvard Project Zero

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